Royal expats explain what their lives are really like in America
Inside the lifestyles of the royals from all over the world who have flocked to the USA for education, diplomacy or even due to exile
15 May 2021 • 6:00am
Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have made California their home
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Harry and Meghan might be the most visible recent royal émigrés to the US but they are by no means the only ones who have decided to settle down Stateside.
Besides the Duke and Duchess of Montecito, Princess Martha Louise of Norway has confirmed plans to move to Los Angeles to be with her partner Shaman Durek, and Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece have just moved back to New York City after a long stint in the UK - recently snagging a 13,000 sq ft, 10-bedroom, eight-bathroom Hamptons house, in the process.
OHIOVILLE – Zoning is a hot topic in the borough, and candidates for mayor and borough council have strong opinions about it.
The borough currently does not have a zoning ordinance, and in 2019 council proposed a zoning ordinance. The response was a resounding no from the community, and council eventually tabled it indefinitely. Many candidates running for Ohioville offices this year hope to keep it that way.
Mayoral candidates
In the mayoral election, current mayor Kevin Chaffee, a Republican, is running for re-election. Darryl Wolfe, also a Republican, is running against Chaffee. F. John Szatkiewicz is running for the Democrat nomination.
“It used to be the hub of Trump World but I can’t imagine who goes there now,” said Sally Quinn, a local author and journalist. “We don’t even have tourists yet in Washington. I can’t imagine most people staying there when they come. I don’t know anybody who goes there or has gone there.”
The hotel opened amid protests in the historic Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue, between the White House and US Capitol building, in September 2016 as Trump campaigned for the presidency.
For four years its opulent lobby thronged with diplomats, lobbyists and Trump family members. It was one of the few places in the US capital where “Make America great again” hats were bountiful. But one recent afternoon it seemed more reminiscent of the haunted hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining.